MUGHAL GARDENS

"Islamic art was the very antithesis of Hindu art; for Hindu adornment was
individualistic, irregular and symbiotic, while Islamic decoration was
mathematical, continuous and abstract.“

Mughal architecture is a synthesis between Islamic and Hindu

architectural styles prevalent in the Indian sub-continent.
Mughal garden design derives primarily from the medieval Islamic
Garden, although there are nomadic influences that come from the
Mughals’ Turkish-Mongolian ancestry. Its essential features included
running water (perhaps the most important element) and a pool to reflect
the beauties of sky and garden; trees of various sorts, some to provide
shade merely, and others to produce fruits; flowers, colorful and sweet-
smelling; grass, usually growing wild under the trees; birds to fill the
garden with song; the whole cooled by a pleasant breeze.
JAHANGIR
• 4th Mughal Emperor
• Full Name- Mirza Nur-ud-din Beig Mohammad Khan Salim
• Born- 31st August 1569, Fatehpur Sikri
• Died- 28th October 1627, Kashmir
• Son of Akbar and Mariam-uz-Zamani
• His reign lasted for 22 years (from 3rd November 1605 to 28th
October 1627 )
MUGHAL GARDENS
GARDENS OF UDAIPUR
DILKUSHA BAGH, LAHORE
GARDEN TOMB OF INTU MUD UD DAULAH, AGRA
NISHAT BAGH
SHALIMAR BAGH
ACHYUTAM BAGH, KASHMIR

Nishat Bagh
Dilkusha Bagh
Shalimar Bagh
 Mughal Gardens under different rulers.
BABUR
• The garden, which the first Mughal had designed himself, was
completed in 1528-29. Although it no longer survives, literary
reports indicate that Babur`s first Indian garden in Punjab was
built around a natural spring and that the garden itself was
situated in a narrow mountain valley, a terrain close to that of
Babur`s own Kabul.

• The char bagh was the most sublime and most praiseworthy
of Mughal garden`s architectural aspect, which was ever
grounded by Babur.
AKBAR
• The Char Bagh garden is a design typical of later Mughal
gardens located at Delhi. Humayun’s tomb garden was the first
garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent Made by Akbar.
• Humayuns tomb was also placed in centre of a 30-acre
(120,000 m2) Char Bagh (Four Gardens), a Persian-style
garden with quadrilateral.
• The highly geometrical and enclosed Paradise garden is
divided into four squares by paved walkways and two
bisecting central water channels, reflecting the four rivers that
flow in jannat, the Islamic concept of paradise.
JHANGIR
• Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in Srinagar, linked through a
channel to the northeast of Dal Lake, on its right bank located
on the outskirts of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
• Its other names are Shalimar Garden, Shalimar Bagh, Farah
Baksh and Faiz Baksh, and the other famous shore line garden
in the vicinity is Nishat Bagh.
SHAH JAHAN
• The Taj Mahal Gardens was the most impressive Mughal
garden built in reign of shah jahan.
• This garden, filled with flowers, fruits, birds, leaves, symmetry,
and delicacy, served many functions along with portraying
strong symbolic or abstract meanings about paradise.
• A paradise which, according to Islamic beliefs, consists of four
rivers: one of water, one of milk, one of honey, and one of
wine. And it is from this concept that Char Bagh of Taj Mahal
originated.
• The symbolism of the garden and its division are noted in the
Islamic texts that describe paradise as a garden filled with
abundant trees, flowers, and plants.
AURANGZEB AND LATER MUGHALS.
• Pinjore Gardens, is a historic 17th century garden located
in Pinjore city of Panchkula district in state of Haryana. It is an
example of the Mughal Gardens architectural style, which was
renovated by the Patiala Dynasty Jat Sikh Rulers.
• The garden has been laid in seven terraces, with the main gate of
the garden opening into the highest first terrace, which has a palace
built in Rajasthani–Mughal style. It is called the “Shish Mahal”
(palace of glass), which is adjoined by a romantic "Hawa Mahal"
(airy Palace). The second terrace with arched doorways has the
"Rang Mahal". The third terrace has cypress trees and flowerbeds
leading to dense groves of fruit trees. The next terrace has the "Jal
Mahal" (palace of water) with a square fountain bed and a platform
to relax. Fountains and tree groves are provided in the next terrace.
The lowermost terrace has an open-air theatre, which is designed as
a disc-like structure.

Sheesh Mahal Jal Mahal

Pinjore gardens